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Deborah Eckhouse

@debeck25

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Professional Triathlete
@coeursports @pacificmultisports
@blueseventy
🥉Pro Female IM Canada 24
2x IM70.3 AG World Champ 22 & 23

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I signed up for Ironman Canada only a few days after Lake Placid, excited that I was finally running at my potential after months of suffering from a glute injury. But only days after signing up, my TT bike was deemed unsafe. Planning and tunnel vision towards D-Day melted away. I stopped focusing on "Ironman training" and began enjoying all my favorite things. My road bike came out of storage, and we did all my favorite climbs. My trail runners became my main distance shoes, and I spent hours climbing mountains and falling down technical descents (I have the scars to prove it).
One week before Ironman Canada, I got Lucy back. Now the dilemma was, do I actually want to race? Am I ready for it? I decided in the few days before IMC, I'd see how my body did with a road run, TT ride with race efforts, and a few long swims. The rest is history as I went full steam ahead into race weekend.

To find myself on the podium brings a new sense of joy. It's not disbelief or arrogance. It's a humble sense of reality. What it can be like if I get back to enjoying the things I love. What makes me smile. What makes powerful memories and only the healthy kind of pain. 😅
Just remember, it's okay if things don't go quite as planned. As long as you enjoy the journey, the result is yours and yours alone.

Ironman Canada - 3rd Professional Female - 1st Pro Podum 🥰
I am grateful. ❤️
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#TEAMBELLINGHAMELITE #teambellingham #IRONMANTri #swimbikerun #Triathlete #triathlon #lovetheprocess taken in Penticton, British Columbia by @debeck25

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2 years ago

Breaking the Tape at Galveston 70.3 😱🤯🔥 #IMTX703

I am full of so many emotions. But mostly, I'm proud of the hard work and dedication that held strong over the past few months. Life can be HARD. And as much as we care for ourselves, the body can decide not to play nice. I almost didn't race Sunday. And yet, with some tender love and care, I made it to the start line. I'm grateful for every moment. A swim that was not too painful as I kept it steady. Honestly, it was the calmest I've ever been in the water! I used so little energy as I tried to perseve the strained rib muscle that I had an explosion of energy running into T1. And, the bike is where I knew I'd shine. Hitting my first ever sub-2:20 in 56 miles, averaging over 24 mph. And while the run was not easy with endless stop&gos, twists&turns, and ups&downs, I managed to pull off the fastest OA female run time, too.

I need to give it to the volunteers on this run course. To all three 1st-3rd OA place bikers who cheered me on the ENTIRE way. 🙌😍 The 1st place pacer rode alongside me, yelling to everyone "here comes number one", "she's unstoppable", "she's so strong." My legs were cramping by the 3rd lap, so her encouragement meant the WORLD! ❤️

Breaking the tape is one thing. But the accomplishment of finishing this race strong, smiling, and healthy is what matters most. I'm feeling happy, grateful, and loved. ✌️

Thank you, everyone, for such an amazing day! Bring it 2023 race season.
Next big race: IM NICE @ironman_france Here comes one crazy committed Can-merican! 💪😎🇨🇦🇺🇲
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4 years ago

5 months since a car broke all my bones.
8 days until I do the unthinkable.
It's the dumb things that make the best memories, right? 🤭

Can you guess what is coming up next? 🤔

Shout out to @coeursports for the beautiful kit and to @quintanarootri for creating perfection. ✨️ by @debeck25

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4 months ago I was nearly killed by a car in an intersection. 3 months ago I was barely walking with aids. 2 months ago I rode my bike for the first time outside. One month ago I started to do hill climbs again.

If at any point during that timeframe someone told me that TODAY I would finish overall female @mtbakerhillclimb, I would've laughed in their face. 😅 Not only did this come true, but I bestest my own time by over 2min! 🤯 My goal for the past 2 years has been to break 1:30 and today I finished in 1:27:52.

My newest audio book listen is "Don't Call It A Comeback" by elite runner @keiradamato . Her book is *not* about coming back and winning races (although that's what she did 😅). It's about doing the best with what we can, when we can, and finding new, smaller wins in every gain. I wrote down quotes from this book and played them in my head throughout the race today: "Think about your 'why', then use it as your driving force." And, big one, "The longer you can hold the pain, the bigger the reward on the other side."

I knew today would be uncomfortable, in a good way. The weather was shitty. The lead Peloton of pro men was gone from the start. We had a choice to either settled back or push our asses forward. My little chase group of 8 turned 4 turned 2. We never got caught by another Peloton. We never gave up. We got the work done. 💪

Thank you to my favorite race organizers and to all of you out there who never stopped supporting me. ENDLESS love to Kebby @coeursports and Marc @pacificmultisports

Never did I ever think I'd be adding a trophy to my bookshelf 4 months after breaking all my bones. 🥹❤️ taken in Artist Point, Washington by @debeck25

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a month ago

Just thought we could all use a little more Rocko. 🥰🐾
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📍 Church Mountain
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#dogsofinstagram #ruffwear #dogbackpack
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a month ago

Progress. 🏃‍♀️
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Discount Code: DebPro15
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❤️ @levermovement @coeursports @coeurcommunity @bellinghamexperience @pacificmultisports ❤️ by @debeck25

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2 months ago

16 weeks later. 🥹
Huge thanks to @levermovement for supporting me in this journey. 3 weeks ago I started jogging in 30sec intervals, and I've been slowly building from there.
Yesterday was my first 40min run without stopping using this equipment. ❤️

Get 15% off your own LEVER using code DebPro15. ✌️

#recoveryjourney #roadtorecovery #levermovement #nevergiveup #traumarecovery by @debeck25

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2 months ago

15 weeks since my body was in pieces.
15 weeks of work.
15 weeks of not giving up. ❤️

@coeursports @blueseventy @jcob_cycling @levermovement @pacificmultisports @bellinghamexperience taken in Bellingham, Washington by @debeck25

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2 months ago

Sunsets, waffles, friends. ❤️

10 pics 📸 of 10 days back on the bike just 10 weeks after my pelvis was broken into pieces. 🤗 by @debeck25

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3 months ago

I rode my bicycle outside today. 🥹
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Exactly 9 weeks ago, a car ran a red light. He broke my body and bike. In 4 weeks I lost 10lbs of muscle. I could hardly walk. I could hardly sleep due to the pain.
By June, the pain finally started to subside. I went from wheelchair, to walker, to faster walker, to cane. I went from a stationary recumbent bike, to a gym bike, to a Peloton, to my road bike on the trainer.
I am thankful for friends who joined me for this very slow neighborhood loop today. They guided me and made me feel safe among cars. 🤗
As I laid in that hospital bed just days after the accident, I told my sister I would be riding my bike again by July 1st.
TBH, I am in shock it actually happened. ❤️✌️ by @debeck25

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4 months ago

Stationary Recumbent to Gym Bike to Peloton to MY bike on the indoor trainer.

Next step, outside riding. 🤗

This took patience and a whole lot of persistence. 💪

@gozwift @garmin @coeursports @pacificmultisports @blueseventy @jcob_cycling @bellinghamexperience by @debeck25

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4 months ago

I'm a racing car passing by. 😜🏎💨
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#fastaf #vroomvroom #roadtorecovery #traumarecovery #physiotherapy by @debeck25

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